Learn the basics of planting bare-root strawberries in the spring. There are 3 varieties of strawberries you can purchase at your local greenhouse: June-bearing, day neutrals, and everbearing strawberries. June-bearing strawberries give you 1 large crop of strawberries, day neutrals are a preferred variety because it gives you a continuous crop of strawberries throughout the season, and everbearing strawberries are also a preferred variety since it produces such large, sweet fruits. We hope this information is useful. Happy gardening!
Equipment:
- Raised garden bed
- Variety of strawberries
- Everbearing
- June-bearing
- Day neutral
- Gardening hand trowel
- Sharp pruning shears or office scissors
- Any sharp handheld pair of shears for trimming
- Measuring tool
- To measure the depth of the hole, as well as the length of the root
- A tub full of cool water
- Soak plants for 1 hour prior to planting so that the structure is hydrated and less likely to shock during transplant
- Watering can
Instructions:
- Trim roots of plants once they are finished soaking for the recommended hour
- After trimming, measure the length of the root
- Dig a hole the length of your root with your gardening trowel
- Allow 12-18 inch spacing between each hole
- Leave an alternating pattern
- Keep in mind not to bury the crown of the strawberry plant
- Do not plant near fungal growth
- Set plant into a hole that is the same depth as the roots and amends around with soil
- Leave the crown exposed ¼ inch above the soil
- Thoroughly water each plant after finishing so they receive plenty of moisture
